Allied Health Professional Clinical Head of Service

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Brighton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Brighton seeks an experienced AHP Clinical Head of Service to deliver professional and clinical leadership across the division. Candidates should possess strong clinical leadership skills, operational experience, and a commitment to quality improvement and patient safety. The role offers flexible working options and rewarding training opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Experienced clinical leader with operational experience required.
• Ability to challenge historical ways of working and create efficiencies.
• Strong collaborative skills for cross-service working.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional and clinical leadership to the Division.
• Ensure clinical staff are effectively managed and developed.
• Oversee quality governance and clinical risk management.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Operational management

Quality improvement

Patient safety

Education

Relevant professional qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has become available for a highly motivated, innovative and experienced Allied Health Professional (AHP) to join the divisional leadership team of the Adult Clinical Support portfolio within our Planned Care Division.

The AHP Clinical Head of Service will demonstrate strong professional clinical leadership and provide specialist clinical advice across the services in the portfolio. Acting in support of the Divisional and Deputy Divisional Directors, the post-holder will be a member of the divisional leadership team and work alongside the Operational Clinical Head of Service.

This is an exciting, challenging and rewarding role which would suit an experienced clinical leader with some operational experience. The post holder will be required to challenge historical ways of working, work innovatively to create efficiencies but maintain high quality standards of care, and possess the ability to participate in challenging conversations.

The post-holder will play a key role in developing the service to meet the population's needs at locality and regional level and will be a role model for leadership, training, coaching and facilitating staff development. Collaborative working across the services in the interest of our patients is actively encouraged, to share best practice and make efficient use of resources.

The post-holder will be expected to provide a clinical perspective to divisional planning and decision making, interpreting national guidance and advise and lead on quality improvement initiatives across the services. Alongside the other Head of Service, the post-holder will be responsible for the oversight of clinical governance, including the identification, reporting, management and mitigation of clinical risk and patient safety.

Work with the divisional management team and Heads of Service to provide professional and clinical leadership to the Division, ensuring that a framework is in place to ensure that all clinical staff are appropriately managed and are clinically and professionally developed so that they are, therefore, efficient, effective, engaged and highly motivated.

Responsible, with the leadership team, for the oversight of quality governance within the division and provide robust assurance to demonstrate safe, effective care is delivered.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
  
  

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kath Baker Job title: Deputy AHP Divisional Director Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07912056487

Tracy Allan

Deputy Nursing Divisional Director

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